Improvement in grain-binders



JOHN BAKER, OF FAIBBURY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT lN GRAINBlNDERS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 93,035, dated July 27, 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BAKER, of Fairbury, in the county ot' Livingston and State ol' Illinois, have invented anew and useful Machine for Gathering Grain into Shcaves from the common reaping-machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the construction and operation ot' the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specilication, in Whic Figure l is a perspective View of the machine while holding a she-at' to bchound. Fig. 2 represents one pair of the gatherers in their usual position when not holding` ja sheat, and Fig. 3 shows the form of a single gatherer.

Ihe reaping-machine to which my gatherer is attached, is constructed with elevators similar to those used on the common. thrashingmachine, by means ot' which the grain is carried from the table of the reaper, on which it falls when cut by the sickles, up lthe elevator, the upper part ot' which is shown in tne drawing at G Gr G Gr, and dropped on the table. "he top of the table on whiclrthe grain is thrown is of sheet-iron, and in *the shape of two troughs, as shown in the drafvings, at ot a and A A. Vhile the trough a a is being filled, the gatherers B B B B hang from the axletree I I, by which theyr are turned under the table, in the position as shown`in Fig. 2, so that their two concave surfaces correspond to the two troughs in the table. Tie operator,

standing on the platform F, presses down the pedal E, which is attached to the axle-tree I I by the rope C C, so as to turn it, and thus throws up the gatherers B B B B in the position shown in Fig. 1, which motion transfers the grain from the trough a a. to the trough A A, and holds it rmly in its position for binding. The sheet-iron pan H, running directly under and at right angles with the troughs in the table, is to be irst lilled with loose grain to be used for bands.

While the operator is binding the sheat' held in position, as aforesaid, the grain accumulates on the upper side of the gatherers, which is a perfect circle, the pedal is then allowed to rise, and the weight ot' the gatherers, with the assistance ot' the springs D D, attached to the axle-tree by a cord, as shown in Fig. 2, drops them back under the table, and the grain drops into the trough ct a, as at rst.

What I clairnas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the gatherers B B B B with the troughs a. a, A A, the treadle E, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the gatherers B B B B and troughs a a A A, the trough H and elcvator G, when arranged in the manner and for the purpose specilied.

JOHN BAKER.

Witnesses:

H. J. STRAIGHT, J. B. YOUNG. 

